Exam Results

One of the reasons for Balshaw’s continuing success, is the examination results that our students attain. It is particularly important to note, that in the majority of government’s measures, Balshaw’s is on or above national averages of attainment.

HEADLINE FIGURES FOR 2022-2023


	All Students
Number of students in Year 11	178
Attainment 8	50.01
Progress 8	0.01
Average Entries per Student	7.9
Average Entries per Student (GCSE Only)	7.7

	% of students
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English and Maths	10.1%
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English and Maths	52.2%
Students with 9-4 (Standard pass) in English and Maths	79.8%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English	30.3%
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English	78.1%
Students with 9-4 (Standard pass) in English	86.5%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in Maths	13.5%
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in Maths	57.3%
Students with 9-4 (Standard pass) in Maths	83.1%

Students entered for the EBacc	58.4%
Students achieving the Strong (9-5) EBacc	28.1%
Students achieving the Standard (9-4) EBacc	43.3%
EBacc average point score	4.62

HEADLINE FIGURES FOR 2021-2022


	All Students
Number of students in Year 11	179
Progress 8	-0.09
Attainment 8	50.2
Average Entries per Student	8.0
Average Entries per Student (GCSE Only)	7.8

	% of students	National averages 2018/19*
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English and Maths	8.2%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English and Maths	54%	43%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in English and Maths	77.5%	65%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English	26.4%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English	70.9%	61%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in English	85.7%	76%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in Maths	11.5%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in Maths	59.9%	49%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in Maths	81.9%	70%

Students entered for the EBacc	54%	40%
Students achieving the Strong (9-5) EBacc	26%	17%
Students achieving the Standard (9-4) EBacc	38%	25%
EBacc average point score	4.54	4.07

*2018/19 used as the basis for comparison as the last set of national formal examination results available.

This data is for students who completed Key Stage 4 in 2020, which is the most recent data available published in October 2022.

Students staying in education or employment	School	Lancashire LEA	England state-funded schools
Students staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after KS4>	94%	93%	94%
Total number of students included in destination measures	176	12,639	562,393
Students staying in education for at least 2 terms after KS4	86%	86%	89%
Further education college or other further education provider	81%	49%	36%
Sixth form college	4%	22%	13%
Students staying in apprenticeships for at least 6 months after KS4	4%	4%	2%
Students staying in employment for at least 2 terms after KS4	4%	3%	2%

Given the uneven impact of the pandemic on school and college performance data, the government has said you should not make direct comparisons between the performance data for one school or college and another, or to data from previous years.

HEADLINE FIGURES FOR 2020-21


	All Students
Number of students in Year 11	184
Attainment 8	51.66
Average Entries per Student	7.9
Average Entries per Student (GCSE Only)	7.6

	% of students	National averages 2018/19*
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English and Maths	17.4%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English and Maths	51.1%	43%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in English and Maths	74%	65%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English	32.6%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English	70.7%	61%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in English	84.2%	76%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in Maths	19%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in Maths	54.9%	49%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in Maths	78.3%	70%

Students entered for the EBacc	52.7%	40%
Students achieving the Strong (9-5) EBacc	32.1%	17%
Students achieving the Standard (9-4) EBacc	43.5%	25%
EBacc average point score	4.66	4.07

	School	National Average
Students staying in education or entering employment	97%	94%

* 2018/19 used as the basis for comparison as the last set of national formal examination results

HEADLINE FIGURES FOR 2019-20

Headline figures for 2019-20
	All Students
Number of students in Year 11	175
Attainment 8	50.4
Average Entries per Student	9.2
Average Entries per Student (GCSE Only)	9.0

	% of students	National averages 2018/19
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English and Maths	10%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English and Maths	49%	43%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in English and Maths	74%	65%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English (Best)	34%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English	65%	61%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in English (Best)	86%	76%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in Maths	18%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in Maths	54%	49%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in Maths	78%	70%

Students entered for the EBacc	58%	40%
Students achieving the Strong (9-5) EBacc	28%	17%
Students achieving the Standard (9-4) EBacc	46%	25%
EBacc average point score	4.57	4.07
Students taking three Sciences	15%	26%

Students staying in education or entering employment (for 2016-17 as the most recent data)

97%

94%

Please note that the figures in table below represent the Exam Results from 2019 which are the last set of GCSE exams. Figures from 2020 and 2021 can be seen elsewhere on this page, however it should be noted that these figures represent data yielded from Centre Assessed and Teacher Assessed Grades, not external exams.

HEADLINE FIGURES FOR 2018-19

Headline figures for 2018-19
	All Students
Number of students in Year 11	183
Attainment 8	52.08
Progress 8	0.09
Average Entries per Student	8.2
Average Entries per Student (GCSE only)	8.0

	% of students	National averages 2018/19*
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English and Maths	14.8%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English and Maths	54%	43%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in English and Maths	78.1%	65%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in English (Best)	33.9%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in English	70.5%	61%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in English (Best)	85.8%	76%
Students with 9-7 (A*-A) in Maths	22.4%	/
Students with 9-5 (Strong pass) in Maths	60.1%	49%
Students with 9-4 (A*-C) in Maths	82.5%	70%

Students entered for the EBacc	55%	40%
Students achieving the Strong (9-5) EBacc	27.9%	17%
Students achieving the Standard (9-4) EBacc	41.5%	25%
EBacc average point score	4.74	4.07

Department for Education: School and College Performance Tables

For more information about the 'Destination Of Our Leavers' and for more information about our results, you can visit the 'DfE Performance Tables' that can be found here.

You can see the Department for Education: School and College full performance table here.